Friday, March 21, 2014

Operation HOPE was blessed with a precious donation of mattresses from the British Embassy of Kuwait earlier this week which was passed on to the Sri Lankan Embassy for the sleeping arrangements of the ladies at the embassy shelter.

Embassy official Mr. Aruna Dasanayake along with other staff were available to receive this donation.

Once again, our deepest appreciation for the kind and generous donation initiated by Ms Maria. Fernandes from the embassy and allowing Operation HOPE to be the beneficiaries of this donation.

Operation HOPE was recently blessed by a very young volunteer - little Tanvi Shetty only 9 years old. Tanvi visited Operation HOPE with her dad 2 weeks ago to drop off some donations. Touched by our mission, last Saturday she asked her dad to drop her off at Esther's Attic so she could volunteer with us while her dad was running some errands.

What a wonderful and productive way indeed to spend a Saturday morning! And when leaving for the day, she has offered to bring her friends along next week. Tanvi, we applaud you for your kind and caring heart!

As an African proverb goes, "If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito".

The amalgamated efforts of an energetic group coupled with the drive to serve Kuwait’s neediest, resulted in the collection of 75 Packs of toiletry hampers by Ms Lauren and her group of volunteers from the American School of Kuwait. Donations were dropped off at HOPE house earlier this week as we continue to work towards our current toiletries initiative for an embassy Shelter. We deeply appreciate you guys!